Problem is that with this and other strengths in the first hour, the rest of the film has a lot to live up to and, mostly, it doesn't really manage it. The highlight is of course I Dream a Dream, but her whole performance is emotionally charged but yet fragile at the same time. Much has been said about Hathaway and, sort of as a result I wasn't sure how much of it was hype for awards and how much of it was real, but she really is very good throughout her section.
The first hour of the film is by far the strongest and it contains a lot of the most emotionally moving aspects. To speak of the first hour I had characters I engaged with, songs that mostly are memorable (although the singing is variable) and generally plenty of spectacle and flair in the delivery.
So it took me a few minutes to get into the big chorus, singing dialogue thing here but early on I did. It should be said that while I do enjoy the occasional musical, I'm not really one to seek them out as they tend not to be naturally my thing indeed my favorite musical is the South Park film, mainly because it manages to have its genre cake and mock it at the same time.
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